Happy Birthday

Hello and happy Friday! I hope everyone is staying safe out there. My card today was created for the latest Inspired By card challenge.

To create my card I started by layering some patterned paper from the Pebbles Garden Party 6x6 paper pad onto my white A2 card base. I then stamped the adorable pups and heart from the Paper Smooches Paws For A Cause stamp set onto my white cardstock using Memento inks. I then stamped the sentiment from the Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler stamp set using more Memento ink. I added more patterned paper from the same Pebbles paper pad at the top of the panel. For some added interest and to break up the cardstock and patterned paper I wrapped some dark brown twine from We R Memory Keepers around it and tied a bow. I added some 3M foam tape behind the panel and popped it up off of the card for some fun dimension. I appreciate you taking the time to stop off at my blog today and, if you like my card, be sure to leave a comment. I read and appreciate them all!

 

Best Wishes-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Hello and happy Sunday! Deb and I decided that "anything goes" this month for our collaboration. I wanted to created a birthday card this month since I noticed I was getting a little low on those and those seem to be what I send the most to friends and family. To create my card I started by layering a pretty piece of gingham patterned paper from the Pink & Main Beach Bum 6x6 paper pad onto my A2 white card base. I then cut a banner out of some patterned paper from the Pebbles Garden Party 6x6 paper pad using a fish tail banner die from Jillian Vance Designs and adhered it onto my card. I then die cut a circle panel using a pierced edge circle die from My Favorite Things and stamped the background image using navy ink from Gina K Designs and an image from the Stampin' UP Wetlands stamp set. I then stamped the sentiment from the Papertrey Ink Botanical Silhouettes stamp set using the same navy ink. I then stamped the layering butterfly from the Bo Bunny Flutter stamp set onto white cardstock using Stampin' UP's bashful blue ink and Gina K Designs navy ink and fussy cut the image out. I popped it up off of the card panel and finished the card off by adding some pretty clear rhinestones from The Paper Studio in various sizes. Thank you for stopping by today and if you like my card be sure to leave a kind word. I appreciate them all! 

For my coffee selection this month I opted for some Cameron's Highlander's Grog served up in my favorite mug (given to me by my son and his wife). 

Now be sure to head over to Debra's blog and see what fun she created for us today!

To My Favorite Pop

Hello, and Happy Father's Day to all of the hard-working dads out there! I created this fun card for my father for his big day. I started by stamping the adorable popsicle from the Unity Stamp Company's Favorite Pop stamp set onto some white Copic-friendly cardstock. I colored it to look like a bomb pop and fussy cut the image out. I layered some of the beautiful patriotic papers from the Pebbles American 6x6 paper pad onto my white card base. I die cut a circle from the same paper pad using an X edge circle die from Gina Marie Designs and matted it with some more of the patterned papers from the same paper pad. I stamped the sentiment from the same Unity stamp set onto more white cardstock and matted it with more of the blue patterned paper. To complete my card I popped the popsicle and the sentiment circle up off of the card using some Stampin' UP foam dimensionals and added a few sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. 

Some Heroes Wear Capes

Today's card was created for the 2018 Spring & Summer Coffee Lover's Bloghop. I really wanted to so something red, white, and blue so I started by stamping the fun mug from the Reverse Confetti Just Brew It stamp set onto some white cardstock using Gina K Designs navy and warm cocoa inks and then die cut the image using the coordinating die. I then layered some patterned papers from the Pebbles Americana 6x6 paper pad onto my white card base using the fun sketch I found on Pinterest, only reversed. I finished it off using some 6mm clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. Love this fun and patriotic card. Thank you for visiting my blog today and be sure to leave a comment. 

Thanks A Melon

My second card was created for the latest Just Us Girls and Paper Players challenges. I created my card by layering some pretty floral patterned paper from the Pebbles Be Mine 6x6 paper pad onto my white card base. I then created a focal panel using Stampin' UP early espresso and Staples heavy weight white cardstocks. I created a pretty open scalloped border at the bottom of the panel using a Fiskars punch. I stamped the sentiment using Gina K passionate pink ink and a Studio G alphabet stamp set. To create my watermelons I die cut some scalloped circles using a Spellbinders die. I then layered on white circles that I die cut using a Spellbinders circle die. Using a smaller pierced edge My Favorite Things die I die cut some more patterned paper from the same paper pad and layered them onto the circle stacks and then cut them in half. To complete my card I layered the watermelons in a wonky pattern using Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. I hope you like it!

Hay There!

Today's card was created for the lastest Send A Smile 4Kids challenge. The challenge was to create a card for boys. I had recently been given some free stamp sets as a RAK from a fellow blogger (see original post here) and knew immediately when I saw this adorable image that I would have to use it for one of my cards I'm making for the Send  A Smile 4Kids card drive. I started with the My Favorite Things Hay There stamp set and stamped it onto white cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink. I selectively masked off the pigtails on the image so it would look like a little boy instead of a girl (truth be told I actually made two cards to look like a boy and two to look like a girl) and then created a mask using a Post-It note. I then stamped the pig and the chicken on it's back. I masked them both and stamped the haystack. I colored all of the images using my Copic markers and then added some Pebbles light blue pan pastel chalk to create the sky in the background. I cut my panel down and matted it using some black cardstock and then cut down some of the patterned papers from American Crafts Heartland Farm 6x6 paper pad and matted it out onto some more black cardstock and mounted it all flush onto my white card base. This card is so sweet and simple to replicate. I hope you like it!

You Float My Boat

This adorable Valentine's Day card was created for the latest Just Us Girls challenge. I love the colors in the inspiration photo and knew with the nautical theme that I had to crack out my Lawn Fawn Float My Boat stamp set. I wanted to do something fun and whimsical with this set, which is really what Lawn Fawn stamps embody. I started with some fun patterned papers from Pebbles Americana 6x6 paper pad. I really scored a nice find on this at Tuesday Morning...only $2.99 a pack so I picked up several. If you have a Tuesday Morning in your area you definitely need to go check them out and see what fun crafting goodies you can find. Anyway, back to the card. I started with a fun and graphic piece of the patterned paper with nice bright pops of color. I cut a zig zag out of some navy blue paper using a die from My Favorite Things. Using some white cardstock from Staples I stamped the wave from the stamp set using two different blue inks from Gina K designs...navy and ocean mist. I then scattered a random stamping of the heart around using the navy ink. I matted that focal piece onto a piece of navy cardstock from Hobby Lobby and popped it up off of the card base using some Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. I stamped the boat image three times and fussy cut it out and then cut the sails from the patterned papers, adhered them onto the images, and then popped them up using dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set using navy ink and cut a fishtail banner and adhered it to the card with foam dimensionals.  I think it turned out pretty cute and I hope you like it too!

Snowman & Riley

Today's card was created for the Merry Monday Christmas card challenge. The challenge was to use a moose on your card so I knew I had to stamp up this adorable Riley & Co Snowman & Riley stamp! I used Memento tuxedo black ink so I could color the image in using my Copic markers. I layered my colored image panel over some adorable striped paper from Pebbles Welcome Christmas 6x6 paper pad. I used a darker green patterned paper from the same paper pack and cut it into 1/8" strips and adhered it above and below the focal image for a bit more visual interest. I stamped the greeting using Hero Arts green dye ink from the SSS Be Joyful stamp set and adhered a few iridescent sequins from SSS around it. I added some red, green, and crystal Stickles to the snowman and Riley for some extra bling and then went over the sentiment using my clear Wink of Stella glitter pen because you can never have too much shimmer and shine! I hope you like it!

Herd It's Your Birthday

I love this sketch layout because it really gives you a lot of space to add a pretty large sentiment or image. I decided to crack out a stamp set I've not used in well over a year that I had purchased from a fellow crafter on a destash. I used the Jump For Joy stamp set by Elzybells who, unfortunately, is no longer in business. I stamped the fence first onto my white cardstock and then masked it off so I could stamp the sheep behind the fence. I punched a few small clouds using a Fiskars punch and adhered them onto to panel using some removable snail. Once the main images were Copic colored I used my BG10 to create the sky using small dots and then YG63 to create the grass using the same technique. I mounted the panel onto some sunflower yellow cardstock from Hobby Lobby and popped it up using foam dimensionals from Stampin' UP. I used some Pebbles Hello journaling cards to create the layers on my card. These journaling cards have journaling tags on one side and beautiful patterned paper on the other side. They are perfect for whipping up a quick and easy card! Once they papers were all layered onto my white card base I adhered some random yellow buttons with some dark blue American Crafts jute twine onto the card using Aleene's Tacky Dot singles. They hold buttons on really well and will even hold up to through the mail. I love this adorable little card and I hope you will too!

If Friends Were Flowers

I knew exactly which stamp set to use when I saw the challenge over at the Card Concept today! I bought this adorable Stampendous Friendship stamp set marked down to $3.99 at Tuesday Morning last year and have gotten so much mileage out of it! Gotta love when you find a good deal, right? I started with a plain white cardstock card base and added a layer of yellow and white swiss dot patterned paper from the Pebbles Journaling Cards Hello pack. One side has journaling cards and the other side has pretty patterned paper. I don't journal but I love the papers and got them on sale at Hobby Lobby. I them cut a smaller piece of plain 110 lb white cardstock and stamped the daisies using some Memento tuxedo black ink so I could color them in using my Copic markers. Once colored I added a bit of shimmer to the centers using some clear Wink of Stella glitter pen and some Stickles yellow glitter glue for some nice shimmer and shine! I stamped the tag and sentiment using the same Memento ink and colored the tag yellow using a Copic marker. I punched a hole in the tag so I could run some yellow American Crafts hemp twine through it and around the focal panel. I added some stitched lines using a Paper Smooches die around the outer edge, added a few pretty yellow 6mm sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. Once those were adhered I added a bit more Stickles to the centers.  I then popped the center panel up off of the card base using some Scrapbook Adhesive foam squares. This card was easy and inexpensive to make. I hope you like it as much as I do!

You Are My Cutie Pie

My card today was created for the #261 theme challenge over at The Paper Players blog. The theme was to make a sweet lunchbox notecard for a kid. I started with the Lawn Fawn My Silly Valentine stamp set. I picked this set up on a recent destash from a crafty friend and knew I had to use it on this card. It has the most adorable stamps and they are all whimsical and punny...so perfect for a kid. I chose the pie stamp and stamped it out three times using some pretty red gingham from the Pebbles American 6x6 paper pad collection. I fussy cut the pie top out and then stamped the full image again three times onto my white card base. I inked the edges of the pie tops with a Memento tuxedo black dual tip marker and then adhered them onto the stamped images using a Zig 2-way glue pen. I cut three strips of the plaid paper from the same paper pack and created borders between the pies, the stamped sentiment, and the bottom gingham panel. Once those were adhered I stamped out the sentiment using Versafine onyx black ink and stamped the heart from the LF stamp set onto the same plaid paper and fussy cut those out. I adhered them onto either side of the sentiment for some added detail. I tied a simple bow with some black and white baker's twine and adhered it to the card using some Ranger Multi Medium Matte glue. For a finishing touch I added some clear Wink of Stella glitter pen to the pie tops and the hearts and then glued down some small googly eyes to make the pies even more whimsical. I plan on giving this card to my 6-year old granddaughter Journey. I know she's going to love it and I hope you do too! Thank you for stopping by!

You Make Me Happy

When I saw this color combo over at Color Throwdown I knew I wanted to try something different with it. I know I added an extra color with the spring green but I wanted all of my papers to coordinate and the green tied in the leaves on the blue floral paper. I started my card by stamping the adorable C.C. Designs Rainy Day Emma stamp out onto some 110 lb white cardstock. I colored her in using Copic markers and then stamped the raindrops from the Fresh Squeezed Stamps Weather Through stamp set in light blue Colorbox chalk ink. I then die cut the image out using MFT pierced oval dies. I them stamped the sentiment using Stampin' UP's See Ya Later stamp set and then covered up the cloud and rain image from the stamp with some pretty patterned paper from the backside of the Pebbles Hello journaling cards. I then stamped the Prima Marketing Floral & Script background stamp onto the smooth side of some watercolor paper using Versamark ink and heat embossed the image using some Recollections white ultrafine detail powder. I then watercolored the background using a dark yellow shade. I dried the panel with my heat tool and added some dashed lines in black using a Memento tuxedo black dual tip marker. I mounted the panel onto the spring green polka paper from the same journaling paper from Pebbles and added a few sequins in yellow from Pretty Pink Posh. I little clear Wink of Stella glitter pen on the little girl's raincoat and boots topped it all off!

Hero

Today's card was created for the Operation Write Home sketch challenge #258. I had just picked up an inexpensive 6x6 pad of Americana paper by Pebbles at Tuesday Morning last week and thought it would be perfect for this sketch. I started with a kraft cardstock base and stamped out the sentiment using Paper Smooches Circle of Honor stamp set in Not Quite Navy ink from Stampin' UP onto some 110 lb white cardstock from Staples. I used the coordinating marker to add the dashed lines around the sentiment. I die cut the banners using the 1" banner die from Jillian Vance Designs and the stars using the Lil' Inker stitched stars dies in the patterned paper and some 110 lb cardstock. I added some red, white, and blue patriotic sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to top it all off and a "welcome home" sentiment on the inside. Love the way it turned out!